Webster's Dictionary 1913

9613

Crotalo

‖Crot″a‐lo (–l?), n. A Turkish musical instrument.

9614

Crotalum

‖Crot″a‐lum (–l?m), n.(Mus.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

9615

Crotalus

‖Crot″a‐lus (–l?s), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.

9616

Crotaphite

Crot″a‐phite (kr?t″?–f?t), n.(Anat.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.

9617

Crotaphitic

Crot′a‐phit″ic (kr?t′?–f?t″?k), n.(Anat.) Pertaining to the temple; temporal.

9618

Crotch

Crotch (kr?ch; 224), n.; pl.Crotches (–�z). [Cf. Crotchet, Crutch.] 1. The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the ...

9619

Crotch (2)

Crotch, n.(Billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See Crotched, below.

9620

Crotch (3)

Crotch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Crotched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Crotch"ing.] 1. To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to; as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or...

9621

Crotch chain

Crotch chain. (Logging) A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.

9622

Crotched

Crotched (kr?cht), a. 1. Having a crotch; forked.2. Cross; peevish. Halliwell.

9623

Crotched (2)

Crotched (?), a.(Billiards) Lying within a crotch; — said of the object balls in the three-ball carom game whenever the centers of both lie within a 4½-inch square at a corner o...

9624

Crotchet

Crotch″et (kr?ch″?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crochet, Crocket, Crosier.] 1. A forked support; a ...

9625

Crotchet (2)

Crotch″et, v. i. To play music in measured time. Donne.

9626

Crotcheted

Crotch″et‐ed, a. Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation. Harmar (1587).

9627

Crotchetiness

Crotch″et‐i‐ness (kr?ch″?t–?–n?s), n. The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.This belief in rightness is a kind of conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it...

9628

Crotchety

Crotch″et‐y (kr?ch″?t–?), a. Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.

9629

Croton

Cro″ton (kr?″t?n), n.(Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.Croton oil(Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Cr...

9630

Croton bug

Cro″ton bug′ (b?g′). [From the Croton water of New York.] (Zoöl.) A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and...

9631

Crotonic

Cro‐ton″ic (kr?–t?n″?k), a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus Croton, or from croton oil.Crotonic acid(Chem.), a white crystalline organic acid, C3H5.CO...

9632

Crotonine

Cro″ton‐ine (kr?″t?n–?n), n.(Chem.) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil. Watts.

9633

Crotonylene

Cro‐ton″y‐lene (kr?–t?n″?–l?n), n. [Crotonic + acet-ylene.] (Chem.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbo...

9634

Crottles

Crot″tles (kr?t″t'lz), n. pl. [Gael. crotal.] A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing.

9635

Crouch

Crouch (krouch; 129), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Crouched (kroucht); p. pr. & vb. n.Crouching.] [OE. cruchen, crouchen, crouken; cf. E. creep, G. krauchen, kriechen, or E. crook to bend...

9636

Crouch (2)

Crouch, v. t. [OE. cruchen, crouchen, from cruche, crouche, cross. Cf. Crosier, Crook.] 1. To sign with the cross; to bless. Chaucer.2. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility...

9637

Crouched

Crouched (kroucht), a. Marked with the sign of the cross.Crouched friar. See Crutched friar, under Crutched.

9638

Croud

Croud (kroud), n.(Mus.) See Crowd, a violin.

9639

Crouke

Crouke (krouk), n. A crock; a jar. Chauser.